Surgical appliance.



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SURGICAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION TILED JMLB, 1914.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

IIVVENTOR flak/was! fueraeza AITORNEYS WITNESSES THE AORRIS PETERS 50., PHOTO-Livia, WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

MICHAEL IVERSEN, OF STOUGHTON,WISCONS IN.

SURGICAL ArrnIANcE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept 22, 1914. Original application filed August 2, 1912, Serial No.

712,836. Divided and this application, filed January 8, 1914. Serial No. 811,017.

cation, Serial No. 712,836, filed August 2,

1912, of which this application is a division and more particularly, it is directed to a new-and improved combination of fountain, dropper, and tube which is especially adaptedfor use in douching. i 1 The principal object of my invention is to provide asurgical appliance characterized by a construction of parts adapting it to-the purposes of a douche generally and also adapted to permit the flow of a given amount of the fluid in a given time, thereby providing a proctoclysis apparatus.

The invention comprehendsa combination of improved parts whichare a fountain can,-

a dropper, and an improved form of tube, the apparatus being characterized by. the factthat gases may be returned therefthrough without affecting the operation thereof. 1 c

A'further object of the invention is the provision of a reversible dropper through which the-fluid is adapted to be passed eithertin large. quantities, as in giving ention, in which similar characters of refer-,

ence denote corresponding parts in all. the

views, and in which- Figure .1 is a side view, partly sectional, of theappl1ance;,F1g. 2 1s a vertical sectional view of the dropper, while Fig.3 is

a sectional View of the tube and the nozzle carried thereby.

' It will, of course, be understood in the description of the construction and the opera tion of the invention that the questions of size of the different parts and the material 1 of which they are made are largely matters of choice and skill and different physical:

:embodiments of the inventive idea may be provided, difi'eringwidely in appearance and form without departing from such. in-

ventive idea.

' The appliance comprises a fountain can or -irrigat or 1 of any desirable material,

preferably enameled ironware, andpprovided lwith ascale on the inside in order that the quantity of fluid contained therein may be ,easily determined, the can being preferably provided witha cover 2 andsome means .1

{whereby it may be suspended in position, as a perforated projection 3. The cover 2 ,is removed when the device is in use and jmay be omitted, as it serves onlyto protect the contents of the can. Adjacentgthe lower end of the can is a valve or stop cock 1 and extending from the top portion ofthe can 7 is a handle 5 made up of a .hollow tube haviing the opening- 6 extending therethrough, the opening communicating with the interior of the can 1, and with the. outside of jthe said valve or stop cock 4; the opening in the handle 5 may be broughtinto communication with the outlet in the lower por- 'tion of the can through the stop cock 1 in Beyond the point 7 and communicating with the two passages to theinterior of the can is a tube 8 of any desirable form or material and of any desired length, one end of a dropper 9 of transparent material, being secured to the other end of this tube,-while beyond the dropper is a furthertube 10 of r particular construction having a metal -nozzle' 11 provided with a shoulder 12 and a number of openings 13. i f

Referring particularly to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the dropper 9 is preferably of integral construction and is provided with the inner partition 9 whereby a plurality ;of chambers 17,18, are provided, the chambers communicating with the said tubes 8 j and 10 by means of the constricted and open end portions 16. The partition 9 is of peculiar construction and is provided on opposite sides thereofwjith the nozzles 14, Whereby the chambers 17, 18, are in communication with each other through a plurality of 10, the metal tube being preferably pro vided with the integral shoulder 12 and the metal nozzle 11 with the openings 13 therein, the shoulder being provided in order that the nozzle may be retained in the opening 1 .1 in which it is placed to a determined depth.

The use of the apparatus is as follows:- The fluid to be used is placed in the fountain can after removing the cover 2 and if only a given number of drops per minute are to be 1: administered, the stop cock 4 may be regulated and the number of drops may be counted by viewing the interior of the dropper. The nozzle 11 or metal tip is inserted and, if this tip has been previously warmed, it may be leftin position for some time, since it will quickl come to the temperature of the body. If the apparatus is to be used in giving enemas, of course, the dropper is not of such importance but may, however, be left in position, the fluid passing therethrough. The

particular value of the dropper, as well as the peculiar construction of the fountain can, lies in the fact that gases which are returned may pass through the tube and the dropper and enter the can through the passageway or opening 6 in the tubular handle without affecting the flow of the fluid through these parts, due to the plurality of passageways between the compartments of the dropper and the hollow handle. The appliance may be left in position with respect to the body between treatments, if so desired, and when so used provides for the return of gases, thereby relieving abdominal pains.

The appliance shown and described does away with all contrivances for keeping any solution hot in order to dispense it at the temperature of the body, especially in the case of proctoclysis when only 40 to drops per minute are allowable, since the metal tip or nozzle and the metal tube with the insulating or rubber covering will come to the temperature of the body. It will also be seen that there will be-no effect or back pressure on the dropper,'as the pressure will be the same on both sides of the partition 9 and owing to the fact that the fluid will flow through one of the nozzles 14, namely the one which is directed downwardly, the free return of gases and the liquid through the other nozzle, which is directed upwardly, will be permitted in the event of an expulsive effort on the part of the patient. Another advantage of the device over such devices employing the siphon principle, is that there is no need for a plu rality of receptacles, nor clips for attaching the tubes to the receptacles and furthermore,

the device possesses distinct advantages due to its operation by static ressure, instead of by a siphon action. T e employment "of these different hydrostatic laws-is such that in the present device when the flow is caused by the hydrostatic head of water or fluid in the receptacle, there is a more steady flow and there is no tendency to aerate the fluid in such a manner as wouldoccur in a device employing a siphon action, which due to the use of two columns ofequal height counterbalancing each. other, produces a head effective only as the depthof the fluid varies and the tendency to aerate the. fluid is graduated by the natural tendency for the air to escape with the fluid, which would naturally result in back pressure and this is obviated by applicants device. Furthermore, it is not necessary to fill the discharge tube before starting the apparatus or creating suction at the discharge end and as this is not always permis' sible, but is necessary in the case of the siphon apparatus, some advantage is derived in this regard. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I 1. The combination of a receptacle, a valve adjacent the bottom thereof, a tube communicating withthe valve and depending therefrom, a tube communicating with the. aforesaid tube outwardly of the valve and having a curved upper end communicating with the receptacle adjacent the top of the latter, a dropper connected to the depending tube, and a discharge tube having a nozzle, said discharge tube being connected to the dropper, whereby during the flow of the fluid from the can through thecnozzle, a return for gases will be effected through the dropper and second-mentioned tube.

2. A fountain can, comprising a receptacle, a rigid passageway extendinghorizontally therefrom near its bottom, a single valve in said passageway, another rigid passageway, said second passageway extending outward from the receptacle adjacent to the top thereof and extending downwardly to communicate at its lower end with the first passageway outwardly of the valve, a flexible discharge tube carried thereby, and a nozzle at the free end of the tube..

3. A fountain can, comprising -,a receptacle, a valve adj acent the bottom thereof and providing a passageway therefrom, another passageway adjacent to the top of the receptacle and extending substantially vertical and curved at its upper end to communicate with'the interior of the receptacle, said See- 0nd passageway communicating with the In witness whereof I have signed my first passageway outwardly of the valve, a name to this specification in the presence of flexillile dilslchFrge tgbef carrieg thegely, a two subscribing witnesses. nozz e at t e ree en 0 the tn 6, an r0p-.

5 ping'means between the passagewa s and MICHAEL IVERbEN' the discharge tubeto render visible t e flow of the fluid and to permitthereturn of the fluid or gas under pressure.

Witnesses: ATHALIA OLSON, H. A. HULSETHER.

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